58367 The $75 Junkyard Carrera coupe restoration

[jjeffries]

Old Skool Hot Rodding! Very cool.
What tire size did you choose? Maybe I just need to be patient....
Thanks, John

[JTR70]

Thanks John, it turned the trick. As for tire choice I'm thinking at least a 60 or 65 series with as much width as I can get without too much sidewall overhang or bulge.

7/19/18

"NEW" 16X6 inch rear wheels arrive.

Wasn't easy nor was it cheap but I finally took delivery of the pair for the rear.

Wasn't sure about the deeper dish at first but all that extra width had to go somewhere. Centers aren't black but just treated and clear coated steel. I think I might prefer a mat finish but good for now.

20 rivets holding them in with pressured fit. The backs where painted black with what appears to be rustoluim. I'll fix that later.

I really fell in love with these after a mock up with the car. That next...
My avatar photo gives you a hint.
Thanks for looking!
Justin

[bbspdstr]

Ok, Mr. Hot Shot.....now ya need to recalibrate the speedo unless you can find a 16" tire with a "stock" circumference, huh......

Seriously, a great result for what was a long-time dream. Good on ya!

Bruce

[JTR70]

HA! I lost the speedo when moved to the racing combo spindles Bruce. Have to rely on GPS for the speed or just do it old school and use the tach. Thanks so much for saying so!
Justin.

7/21/18

New rear wheel mock up.

Again wasn't sure I'd like the dish but I was just fine once I stepped back.






Clearance remains consistent with my earlier planning.


Plenty of clearance with the spring plate.

A lot variables remain with final tire clearance and the amount of negative camber but

I have a lot of wiggle room with the spacers. I can have a custom set machined either thinner or thicker than what's here if I have any clearance issues inboard or outboard once I cross that bridge.

Its the basic look I'm after but next is to get a big meat sheohorned in there. Can't be a low profile tire as it must fill up the wheel house to balance out that bubbly roof line. If the tire is too small in there the roof takes over and just ruins the look for me. Then of course there is getting just the right stance and attitude. Greg Banfills car comes to mind but just a touch higher. Anyway several pieces of that puzzle yet to be determined but I got a little closer with these.

Thanks for stopping by!
Justin

[GT3]

Two words: BAD ASS!

[Trevor]

Absolutely love the wheels Justin! Stock but different!

[JTR70]

Thanks a lot you guys!

Since the site update took so long this post is several months behind. As slow as I am I still managed to make some progress while we were down.
Prepping the front pair of centers last June:

All the rivets punched out of my last pair of donors and now ready to separate them from their hoops.

Again these are a press fit so it took a few square drops to my shop floor to work them out. Media blasting was next.

After media blast one of the centers had some pitting. I want them left unpainted so I had to weld up the pits then grind and file back the bead to shape. In process here. I had a ton of time invested fixing these.


All welding and cosmetic prep now finally finished. Off to media blast for one last time.

Back from media and ready for some black oxide.

[JTR70]

Treated with oxide
and a thin coat of clear. All ready to send out for their new alloy hoops.
Quick mock up with my rear pair to show what the front offset will be approximately.


The wheel shop coats the centers in high gloss; I think I prefer the matt finish but will go with it for now. These would take a couple of months to return. Will post the finished products next.
Thanks for looking!
Justin

[jjeffries]

Lovely, especially because the thought is so original. Red scotchbrite pad to gently knock back the gloss?
Continued thanks for the site Justin, appreciated by this non-356-owning enthusiast. Would you accept any small donations so that you're not shouldering all the cost?
Happy New Year to all, John

[JTR70]

Hi John, Happy New year to you! Thank you for the kind offer! If you'd like to help it would be of course greatly appreciated but its entirely up to you. No worries either way, just glad to have you aboard here.
Glad you like the wheels too! Like everything else with this build I went the long way but I ended up with a set of Bi-metal wheels in the size and offset I wanted. Thanks again! Justin

Four months later in November I had my complete set of wheels for this project.

The fronts are an inch narrower at 16X5



With most of the offset to the inside.


The car is packed in tight so an overall distance shot was tough


Needs tires and the right stance to complete the picture

But the basic look I'm after is taking shape. Just glad to have the wheels now checked off in the done column.
Thanks for looking!
Justin

[John Pierce]

That wide stance is looking great!

[JTR70]

Thanks John!

During the site update I had also decided to redo the headliner last October. A few years back my buddy Michael Doyle had told me he was in process of developing an authentic headliner in both pattern and color for 356A coupe. I of course got impatient and purchased Auto's international's offering a couple of years ago and installed it. It was incorrect in both pattern and color but it was now in the done column.
Well just before last October Michael contacted and told me he had finally finished a few of his new headliners. He sent me a few samples for comparison.


Here is the Hole perforation detail we've discussed before. To be "correct" you want the diamond perforation pattern, Michael's offering is on top and as you can see by the green outline the hole offset is in a diamond pattern anyway you slice it. My Autos international liner is oriented in a diamond configuration but a box shape can be outlined.


Micheal's samples: #1 is his authentic offering in off-white. #2 is my Auto's liner with incorrect perforations and I even got the color wrong; way too white. #3 is an original section and #4 is his new offering in Ivory.


Once I had them in front of me I knew I wasn't going to be satisfied with what I had put in there. His offering is a lot more money but A headliner is really only something that will have to be done once so now was the time to correct it so I could finally move onto the next stage of installing the glass. It was tough but I begin tearing out my Autos liner in prep for the new one.


Justin

[JTR70]

New liner arrived and began prepping for installation.

Bows installed in the liner and placed in the same order they came out as the end bows are a touch longer than the two center ones.

I was not comfortable the end of the bow loops. That slit is a definite stress riser and while not an issue now that the material is new, with time, age and tension I could picture it continuing to cut along the dotted line.

So before I could get it into the car I took it home and darned all eight of the ends. Now I could relax and install with confidence.

Top bows plugged back in the following day and ready to begin the challenge of chasing out wrinkles.
Thanks for looking!
Justin

[roy mawbey]

Justin,

The new headliner looks perfect to me and the colour too. Just like my original one. I think you made the correct decision to change to to the correct version and colour.

Roy

[JTR70]

Thanks Roy! I really dreaded the idea of going through another installation but it gave me a chance to correct a few of my earlier installment mistakes as well a much improved final presentation. Besides I like redoing things twice, three times on this car; why stop now?


Agree Roy, I was really loving the color over that bright white I had dyed my first attempt. This has a really warm grey hue to it.

Really feel I'm over the hump once these lower sail panels are finished.


Came up with a cleaner and more controllable way to terminate down in that lower corner as the material hangs in space for a second as it transfers from sail panel to firewall.